SAO North-East Bosnia

Serb Autonomous Region of North-East Bosnia
Српска аутономна област Североисточна Босна (Serbian)
*Srpska autonomna oblast Severoistočna Bosna* (Serbian)
Serb Autonomous Region of North-East Bosnia Српска аутономна област Североисточна Босна (Serbian); Srpska autonomna oblast Severoistočna Bosna (Serbian)
1991–1992
	Flag Coat of arms
Status	Self-proclaimed entity
Capital	Bijeljina; 44°45′25″N 19°12′58″E / 44.75694°N 19.21611°E
Government	Provisional government
• Ruling party	Serb Democratic Party (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Historical era	Breakup of Yugoslavia
• Proclamation	19 September 1991
• Proclamation of the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 January 1992
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

SAO North-East Bosnia (Serbian: САО Североисточна Босна / SAO Severoistočna Bosna) was a Serb Autonomous Region (Serbian: САО / SAO), a Serb break-away province, in the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SR BiH). It was established in September 1991, proclaimed by the Serb Democratic Party on 19 September 1991,^[1] along with other SAOs (Eastern Herzegovina, Bosanska Krajina, Romanija), and included five districts in northeastern SR BiH.^[2] It existed between September 1991 and 9 January 1992, when it became part of Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina (later Republika Srpska). It was renamed SAO Semberija (Serbian Cyrillic: САО Семберија) in November 1991, and SAO Semberija and Majevica (САО Семберија и Мајевица^[3]) in December 1991.^[2] It included three municipalities (Bijeljina, Lopare and Ugljevik^[4]), with a population of 150,000, out of whom 56–59% were ethnic Serbs.^[5] The capital was Bijeljina.^[2]

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